As we said in the history part, the USA was colonized by European countries from 1600 to the middle of the 18th century. In the beginning of the 18th century, the United Kingdom was the most powerful of the colonists, which made the English language a shared language among the citizens. Even though the Americans fought against the British Empire in the War of Independence, they still used the English language after the war. As a matter of fact, the French helped the Americans in the fight against the British Empire, but the citizens of America continued to use English as a shared language.
The American English has been changed after all these years, both in the manner of speech, and some different words and spellings. Also, of course there are different dialectsfrom state to state in the USA. But the similarity between the American English and English is stunning. You can compare the differences between the two versions of the language with the difference between the dialects in the eastern and western parts of Norway .
Because of the great mix of cultures in the US, there is other languages than English as well, for example Spanish, German, Italian and French. The most used language of the four mentioned, is Spanish. This is because many people from Mexico and South America are immigrating to the US. Because of this, the Latin American population in the USA is always growing.
As we said in the history part, the USA was colonized by European countries from 1600 to the middle of the 18th century. In the beginning of the 18th century, the United Kingdom was the most powerful of the colonists, which made the English language a shared language among the citizens. Even though the Americans fought against the British Empire in the War of Independence, they still used the English language after the war. As a matter of fact, the French helped the Americans in the fight against the British Empire, but the citizens of America continued to use English as a shared language.
The American English has been changed after all these years, both in the manner of speech, and some different words and spellings. Also, of course there are different dialectsfrom state to state in the USA. But the similarity between the American English and English is stunning. You can compare the differences between the two versions of the language with the difference between the dialects in the eastern and western parts of Norway .
Because of the great mix of cultures in the US, there is other languages than English as well, for example Spanish, German, Italian and French. The most used language of the four mentioned, is Spanish. This is because many people from Mexico and South America are immigrating to the US. Because of this, the Latin American population in the USA is always growing.